Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabaab, named Abu Ubeid Ahmed Omar to be their new leader following the killing of previous leader by a U.S. airstrike, said a commander of the group. The Somali militants unanimously selected Omar on Saturday at a meeting in an undisclosed location in Somalia, said rebel commander Abu Mohammed. Omar is believed to be an assumed name, and the new leader’s real name is not known. Al-Shabaab also stated that it remains aligned with Al Qaeda, according to the Site Intelligence Group, that monitors statements by Islamic militant groups. The Somali group had to appoint a…
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Tick-tock! Clear up some space on your wrist. It might finally be iWatch time on September 9. Influential tech news site Re/code reported Wednesday that Apple (AAPL, Tech30) may unveil a wearable device this month at the same event where it is expected to debut the iPhone 6. It seems likely that such wearable device would be a watch since Apple was granted a patent for a smartwatch back in July. A spokeswoman from Apple declined to comment. But Wall Street was happy. Shares of Apple were up more than 1.5% to a new all-time high of above $102 a…
The internet search company announced a new partnership with researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara to develop “quantum computing” technology. The science behind quantum computing is highly technical and still very theoretical. In simple terms, quantum computers make use of quantum bits, or qubits, to process information, as opposed to the binary system of ones and zeros used by traditional computer processors. Scientists say qubits can behave like ones or zeros, or both. In theory, this should make quantum computers exponentially faster than digital computers that use a binary system to process information. China is currently home to…
GHANA VS UGANDA 1-1 TUNISIA VS BOSWATNA 2-1 IVORY COAST VS SIERALEONE 2-1 BUKIRNA FASO VS LESOTHO 2-0 GABON VS ANGOLA 2-0 NIGERIA VS CONGO 2-3 NIGER VS CAPE VERDE 1-3 ETHIOPIA VS ALGERIA 1-2 ZAMBIA VS MOZAMBIQUE 0-0 DR CONGO VS CAMEROON 0-2
Group E: Ghana 1 – 1 Uganda Uganda Cranes has held Ghana to a one all draw at the Baba Yara Stadium during the group E AFCON nations cup qualifier played on Saturday. Tonny Mawejje’s opener at the death of the first half was cancelled by a seemingly controversial goal coming off a well taken penalty by Andre Ayew in the 50th minute. Defender Denis Iguma was judged to have fouled Ghanaian forward Majeed Waris in the forbidden area. This is the third drawn match between Ghana and Uganda from the 11 games played. Uganda plays Guinea on Wednesday at…
AFCON 2015: GHANA 1-UGANDA-1, 4 minutes added.